• Clamshell-shaped Droplet-based Electricity Generator with a Water Droplet Confined in a Wedge Plate

  • Jung Hyeon Jin# , In Hyeok Oh# , and Suk Tai Chang†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea

  • 고정된 물방울을 이용한 조개 모양의 물방울 기반 전기 발전기

  • 진정현# · 오인혁# · 장석태†

  • 중앙대학교 화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(2): 253-260

    Published online Mar 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.2.253
  • Received on Nov 1, 2024
  • Revised on Nov 14, 2024
  • Accepted on Nov 29, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Suk Tai Chang

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea

  • E-mail: stchang@cau.ac.kr